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LOL......poor you!

wow, whats a G drain, whats it for?

wow..thanks jacqueline...really interesting, but soooo sad...wow

Just wondering how long everyone had their drain if any...ty

Thanks Mary, I figured it would no be an ok item but i tried! Yeah, let me know what they have for reasoning besides swallowing it..lol

just checking in to see how your doing...any updates...are you feeling better?..let us know...God bless~

as long as your not gulping it too fast, just sip sip sip...

oh ok...he let me do full after d/c but i am being conservative...

God bless, prayers heading her way...she will be fine, i just know it... :wub:

thanks soccermomma...i had a feeling it was to good but thought i would ask anyway...lol

LOL....hahaha you are hysterical!!...thanks for the laugh,...I did go ahead a chew cuz I buy the tubs from sams to...I chewed before you wrote, and you are right, I started to feel like my pouch was full, and realized i must be swallowing saliva!..but omg it was worth you response...I love gum too and it tasted oh sooooo gooood....but guess my guilty pleasure is over...groan...lol

I got an air mattress in the hosp the day before i left..the hosp bed was horrible!

I felt like that the first couple days...just take it slow, keep drinking and everyday you will feel better and better!

I would love to chew a piece of gum...Im 5 days out and feel like I am starving...would love to chew a piece of gum once in a while...Im not a child, I wont swallow it...does anyone know if this is a contraindication,,,I dont see anything on my paperwork...anyone else chewing gum...?

Good luck Guys!!

Yes, I have a drain, I go back on the 9th, so he will take it out then..so a total of 9 days ...i had the band, then the sleeve and now GB this was easier than the band, no port!

I do only iced cold and im only 4 days out..so my doc said as tolerated but did say if i could tolerate cold it would help bring the internal swelling down....

is that full liquids or clear??

oops...puree on week 3..reg diet week 4 if tolerated..

Hi Cathy, I did have the GB done on thurs. the 1st, cant tell much right now because I am only on liquids...the surg was not bad, no worse than the sleeve and maybe less because there was no port to remove....I only lost 20lbs with the sleeve, and regained it back so I am so scare of "what if it doesnt work"...I know everyone tells me it will, but after the sleeve, I will not take anything for granted...I am almost 57, and I didnt want to wait any longer, want to start having a healthy life before I am tooooo old...LOL......Honestly I could not longer take the reflux.... another person I know in her 50's is having it done sept.19th...she sounds more like you, her stomach was bent in half and they removed scar tissue but she still has a stricture in the middle, so all her food sits on the top of her stomach... I wish you the best of luck and when you decide it will be because you know you cant handle it anymore....PM me anytime...xoxox

good luck all!!

yeah mine is leaking from the hole, I had to change it 3x today!

Im not sure what you mean by plaster, I have a drain, it is draining pink have some drainage from the hole in my stomache, but it is all pink or red..not any sores either?

I go to soft foods after 1 week then puree in 1 week....I could eat anything warm and not sweet right now...

hope you feel better soon, think this will be a learning experience....